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A Palestinian child watches a parade of Palestinian Fatah movement fighters during a rally marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 31, 2014. Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, a day after a bid for independence by 2017 failed at the United Nations Security Council. Photo by Shadi Hatem